We visited 3 different Indian ruins. This is Wupatki National Monument, about 1000 years old. Notice the coats - it was extremely windy this day. Also, notice Lucas climbing on the 1000 year old walls. oops.
The GRAND CANYON!! We spent 2 days here and loved it! You're looking at the Bright Angel Trail and I want to hike it!! We are looking for a family to join us in a couple years to hike down to camp at Phantom Ranch at the bottom. This is probably about 2 - 3 miles of the 9 mile hike. Any takers? We did hike down another trail for about 45 minutes but didn't want to overdue the elder Vazquez' sore knee.
The cold and wind blown Vazquez family! But who cares - we're at the Grand Canyon!
And oh so typical Lucas - while we get out to view the canyon at one of the roadside stops - Lucas opts to continue reading his book about the Grand Canyon instead of seeing it.
The best excitement! OUr last day it snows! We left Flagstaff Saturday morning with 24 degree temperature and arrived 8 hours later in Vista with 70 degrees. Ahhh, we're home. But it was a great week.
While driving home we went over all our experiences and everyone picked what they liked best. Here they are:Victor - visiting a present day active Hopi Indian village where Indians have lived for 1000 years, and visiting the Lowell Observatory one night and viewing Saturn and its rings through the very telescope that was used to discover Pluto in the 1930's or 40's.
Me - hiking in Sedona and the Grand Canyon and eating Navajo Fry bread. :-)
Lucas - Reading about Ancient Rome in the car while we were driving from place to place. (HONEST - that's what he said!!)
Marisa - Doing crafts at the hotel's activity center one afternoon, and playing at the hotel playground.
Marisa - Doing crafts at the hotel's activity center one afternoon, and playing at the hotel playground.
So ... do you think we ever need to take our children on vacation again or should we just drive from playground to playground and read about Ancient times while in the car?
At least one of us enjoyed the Grand Canyon!!
4 comments:
Wow, looks like fun. Your kids crack me up! Lucas reminds me so much of Regan with his love of reading. Glad you had a good trip.
Looks like a great week! I want to hike that trail too! Maybe we'll go with you...all that hiking should warrant extra calories!
Next time count us in, well if we can make it out of the house with 5 kids that is. lol
Can someone just fly me to the top in a helocopter (with some of that fry bread) while I watch you and Kristen hike? That sounds good to me! Really though this looks like it was a beautiful trip. I think it is something we would enjoy when Liz gets a bit older and can hold her own.
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